The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-26
Disaster Details from Diano- Marino, Where a
House Fell Upon Crowd Of Dancers, and
aChurch Toppled Upon the Ruins.
The Railways Taxed to Their Capacity
in Removing Frightened People.
Portugal Acting in an Unjustifable Manner
in Africa-Stanley's Emin Bey Expedi-
Miscellaneous Foreign News.
THE ITALIAN DISASTER.

The Loss of Life Now Placed at 7OO-Sick-
enins Details of the Calamity.
LONDON, Feb Pa dispatch from Nice says
that another earthquake shock was felt in that
city this morning The disturbance was slight
Dispatches from Rome give the following
official list of killed and wounded: Bajardo. 300
killed and wounded; Diano Marino, $50 killed
and injured Bressano, so killed and sc injured;
Diano Castello 80 killed; Castellano 80 killed
and many injured. The number Of persons
killed is less than was supposed It is estimated
that in the province of ro-Maurizio $40 per
sons were killed and 156 injured. In the prov
ince of Genoa 81 were killed and 81 injured
Bajardo and Diano Marino were the only places
destroyed. Cervo only partially damaged.
The churches at Bajardo, Casteliaro and Aurogo
were thrown down by the severity of the shock.
A Genoa telegram says the earthquake scare
has not yet abated. Business is almost COM
pletely paralyzed, and the streets are filled with
people, nearly all Of the inhabitants remaining
in this city slept in the open air last night, or
took refuge on board the many vessels anchored
in the harbor At least twenty thousand per-
sons, tourists and residents, have fed, many of
them leaving all their belongings behind, and
to its full capacity with terror-stricken men,
women and children.
Further details have been received from
Diano- -Marino. showing the disaster at that
place to have been greater than was supposed
from previous reports. When the shock came
dance was in progress in large house situated
near a church Without warning the house fell
upon the heads of the dancers, and the church
toppled over upon the house. Subsequent ex-
animation disclosed the dead piled in heaps
where they were caught by the falling buildings
Underneath many Of the buildings destroyed
were large tanks containing new olive oil, the
manufacture of which is the chief industry of
the town. and which it was intended, at the
proper season, to export to France and Ger
many. Many of these tanks are found to be pea.
fectly dry. their contents having escaps9
through the assures caused by the earthquake,
while from others the oil was expelled by the
debris which filed them.
Some soldiers exploring the ruins Diano
Marino yesterday found Judge Rossi beneath
the ruins of his house, but still alive. The SOL
| diers attempted to extricate him, and, seizing
him by the legs. tried to pull him out. They
| succeeded in freeing his body from the weight
| which held it, when beam fell from above,
| killing the Judge and wounding his rescuers.
Fifteen thousand persons have left Nice within
the last two days. and the exodus from all parts
OF the Riviera continues. All the railway sta
tions are blocked with people, and the railway
facilities are taxed to their full extent day and
night. 1t has transpired that during the panic
on Wednesday, while persons of all classes and
conditions were huddled together under i'm
provised shelter taking refuge in the open
| spaces most remote from the buildings. French
countess sojourning here was prematurely &C
couched in one of the public gardens. A tent
was procured. under which the lady was placed
| on a couch. and where she has since remained
Her condition is favorable to recovery.
The Prince of Wales, while at Cannes stayed
at a hotel some distance up the mountain Whe1
the earthquake shocks were felt his attendants
implored him to leave the house, but the Prime.
replied: ''Since the shocks are over, and tn,
hotel is not falling, prefer to remain where
AMIN bed"
Great damage was done in the villages arount
Nice The Montfort Chateau, at Cole is lean
ing like the far-famed tower of Pisa